Tag: card game

Unofficial Pokémon fan event drags ill Make-A-Wish children in front of a crowd, suffers invasive camera crews, and is haunted by the Ravioli Man

Unofficial Pokémon fan event…

Pokeverse, an unofficial, fan-run Pokémon event in the Philippines, has been a disaster of such catastrophic proportions for some…
Indie dev baffled after acquaintance clones his game, puts it on Steam, and acts like it’s no big deal: ‘Happens every day homie’

Indie dev baffled after…

When he started chatting with Terry Brash, indie game developer kindanice thought he was just swapping tips with a…
Thanks to Modern Horizons 3, my ‘white weenie’ Magic deck is about to get even more obnoxious

Thanks to Modern Horizons…

The first deck I specialized in, playing the old Magic: The Gathering deckbuilder Shandalar, was white weenies. A whole…
One of Star Wars’ most baffling post-Lucas edits is becoming an ability card in an official TCG

One of Star Wars’…

As a man in his twilight years (30), I've long-since abandoned all struggle against the baffling CGI-ification of the…
New Magic: The Gathering infinite combo is just making The Hulk step on caltrops over and over until he’s mad enough to win

New Magic: The Gathering…

If there’s one thing I love about card games, it’s the absolutely obscene sentences that come out of explaining…
Magic’s most-valuable card hits an absurd $3 million after ‘private sale’, some call shenanigans, no one knows what’s real, but what’s true is it was bought with bitcoin

Magic’s most-valuable card hits…

In January 2021, Magic: The Gathering had one of those moments that went mainstream. The sale of a single…
Balatro’s first big balance patch fiddles with Fibonacci and makes a mod to Odd Todd

Balatro’s first big balance…

The first big balance patch for Balatro is now fully live on Steam, bringing with it performance improvements, numerous…
Magic: The Gathering’s latest set gives you a good excuse to dig out those old cards

Magic: The Gathering’s latest…

You'd think a card game with as many expansions as Magic: The Gathering would have done something as poker-adjacent…
The Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh community is taking a long, hard look at itself after a player says the event stank so hard she had to leave

The Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh community…

Imagine being worried that you'd upset someone at an event so much they left, only to find out it…
Slay the Spire 2 releases in 2025: ‘The Spire isn’t what it used to be’

Slay the Spire 2…

Slay the Spire, the brilliant roguelike deckbuilder that first released in early access in 2017, is getting a sequel…